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Kesman Garden

Kesman Garden from directly overhead

Kesman Garden is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Ehlert Park F-86 Sabre Korean Veterans Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.2 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Garden, in memory of Martha and Anton Kesman

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.81062, -87.84906

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Gardens
  • Fairy Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Brookfield Library Pollinator Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Family Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Torin's: 2.3 mi
  • Broadview Community Garden: 3.2 mi
Artworks
Museums
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Andean Condor: 1.6 mi
  • Mexican Gray Wolf: 1.6 mi
  • Kill Site: 1.6 mi
  • Pelican: 1.6 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 1.6 mi
Picnic sites
Beaches: 56
Peaks: 19
  • Players Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Signal Hill: 9.1 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 9.6 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 10.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 14.7 mi
  • Lake Strini: 17.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kesman Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWSW 245°259 m13.1 mi
Mount HoyW 275°255 m17.1 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNE 27°204 m16.5 mi
Players HillNE 43°187 m6.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040516272767568554231
Precip in1.51.51.93.64.14.03.64.02.83.52.41.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Robin232 obs
  • Canada Goose198 obs
  • Monarch189 obs
  • White-tailed Deer187 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel187 obs
  • Northern Cardinal159 obs
  • Mallard156 obs
  • House Sparrow147 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/493126578

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